Hello everybody. I've been a fan of Sega Racing games (Daytona USA 1/2, Scud Race, OutRun 1/2, Sega Rally, Crazy Taxi, Virtua Racing, etc.) ever since I first played Daytona USA 2 in the arcade around 2002. I like them and try to promote them as much as I can. Let everyone know about the magic that is Sega Racing Games!!!

Tuesday, June 28, 2011

Hey Kids, STOP ALL THE DOWNLOADIN'...

Right now, I'm experiencing a lot of mental fatigue and I'm downloading this new Black Ops map pack so we'll see what that's like soon.

But first, the Supreme Court case. So video games are an art form that are no longer persecuted by the government. Or M-rated games can now be sold to minors in the state of California...I really don't understand what was the big deal by this...an EPIC WIN for gamers everywhere despite the fact we have much worse problems like the economy, the massive deficit, wars in the Middle East, etc. Aren't kids already prohibited from buying M-rated games (in my state of Louisiana anyway)? And so what--kids are always playing M-rated games like Call of Duty and Halo so it's not like their minds haven't been "infected" already. Just get mommy and daddy to buy the games, problem solved...

I don't think the government should dictate what games can and cannot be made (yes, even Burnout). Although this doesn't mean I don't frown upon ultra-violent/sexualized/other-questionable-material games (uh, Duke Nukem? Rofl, well that's the Duke, that gets a pass...). Happy games only...

For no reason at all, I'm getting an assload of Google Image views for one picture...this one. Originally, I copied the url from the third-party website, then uploaded it to my blog, then removed it altogether. I'M STILL GETTING HITS FOR A PICTURE I REMOVED FROM MY BLOG POST ALTOGETHER.

You might say, "Look at you! You're getting tons of hits, you should be happy!" Really, now how many people going through Google Image Search are going to stop and read what I have to say? I'm going to try removing the pic from my Picasa album, maybe that'll solve things.

And to make matters more embarrassing, Cars 2 is turning out to be the biggest Pixar flop ever...33% on Rotten Tomatoes. That's unheard of. EDIT: Just like Nintendo producing a horrible Mario/Zelda game. At least Cars 2 topped the weekend box office at $66 mil. I haven't even seen it in theaters yet...I'm too lazy. Cars is pulling a Duke Nukem...supposed to be great but no it sucks. I want to talk more about that later.

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GREAT, now my XBL is just screwing with me again. I can sign in any time I want, but I get signed out ten/fifteen seconds later. While I'm halfway through downloading the new map pack. This is horrible. Maybe if I just keep mashing the "Connect to Xbox Live" button, it'll work (and make my name pop up on my friends' screens repeatedly)...

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One more thing. This has to do with computer updates. Last week, I got two Windows updates within a matter of a week. So the computer always nags you--"When do you want us to remind you to restart your computer?" and I'm like NEVER!! POSTPONE, POSTPONE, I restart my comp when I feel like it.

Every time it "reminds" you, it tries to restart the computer from under your nose. EDIT: It still reminds you every ten minutes even if tell it to postpone for four hours. As a matter of fact, I was in the middle of a chat with a Steam buddy and then my computer went through this self-initiated restart process (without telling me)....it started losing "focus" on the window so I had to keep clicking and getting off one letter at a time...something like "I think my computer is gonna restr (enter) r (enter) tt.." as every single thing on my desktop disappeared one-by-one. Just great.

And the updating process is so slow. It's this blue screen that says "Installing 1 of 6 updates. Please don't turn off your computer." Alright, no big deal. So the computer gets to the final update relatively quickly (in about 15 mins) so I'm thinking this last update will be quick. NOPE. My computer sits in the "Installing 6 of 6 updates" phase for about 8 to 12 hours...and there's NO indication of how close it is to completion. I thought something was wrong with my computer and was about to manually power off the thing but it went "ding-a-ding-dong" late at night to indicate the computer had finished & restarted. Both updates were the same. Thanks, Microsoft, thanks.

And I also love how the computer has to restart over the most absurd updates...AVG? Java? Adobe Reader??? Now how many times have you used Adobe Reader recently? I've only use it to read some .pdf attachments I've received in my e-mails. And yet somehow the install has the gall to sneak in a little desktop icon every time like it's really that relevant.

TODAY IS INTERNATIONAL CAPS LOCK DAY. HOW FITTING WOULD IT HAVE BEEN TO TYPE UP THIS WHOLE POST IN CAPS CAUSE DAMN I'M REALLY PISSED OFF. AND I HAVEN'T EVEN MENTIONED ALL THE Windows Account Alert! E-MAILS BUT THAT'S IT. I'M GOING BACK TO SLEEP. OH WAIT, DID THE BLACK OPS MAP PACK ACTUALLY DOWNLOAD? WELL F*** IT I'M KILLING SOME SHANGRI-LA ZOMBIES!!!